Dr Catrine Jarman

Dr Catrine Jarman

Biography

My PhD project (2012 – 2017) revisited the archaeological evidence from Repton in Derbyshire, combining new bioarchaeological techniques with further excavations to reassess the extent and nature of the presence of the 9th century Viking Great Army, and subsequent Scandinavian settlers. Working closely with the director of the original excavations in Repton, Prof Martin Biddle, I carried out an extensive programme of isotopic analyses of human remains from the site, and have reassessed the original radiocarbon dating evidence. I am also collaborating with researchers from UC Santa Cruz and the Max Planck Institute in Jena on genome-wide sequencing of ancient ...